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A small chess engine that has played over 80 000 games online is now available for Android!

This is not the strongest engine made, you can and WILL actually beat it! The author (rated 2072 FIDE) has tried to make the engine play as a club player.

More info www.sourceforge.com/projects/minimardi

Contributors

minimardi-jni thanks to Yijin Zhou.

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Not Bad I prefer if it offered two player and online games but the engine is very fast to move unlike some for Android. The levels are the only reason I decided to not give it my usual score of four stars because the first two are totally easy to beat then the third goes straight into almost never winning so I never even bothered with expert. ( definitely can win if you bring your A game )

Too fast This game moves in less than a blink of an eye. Throws me off my game. No sound either. No interface showing...which is actually good in a way. But it says its not that strong but it makes middle game moves so quick it makes you wonder. No thinking at all you move and before you can look at your move it has moved. Just can't play that way. It stresses me out sorry. Board is nice. The silence unnerves me too.

Not Bad I prefer if it offered two player and online games but the engine is very fast to move unlike some for Android. The levels are the only reason I decided to not give it my usual score of four stars because the first two are totally easy to beat then the third goes straight into almost never winning so I never even bothered with expert. ( definitely can win if you bring your A game )

Too fast This game moves in less than a blink of an eye. Throws me off my game. No sound either. No interface showing...which is actually good in a way. But it says its not that strong but it makes middle game moves so quick it makes you wonder. No thinking at all you move and before you can look at your move it has moved. Just can't play that way. It stresses me out sorry. Board is nice. The silence unnerves me too.

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* 10 play levels from very easy to extremely hard. There is one level for everyone no matter if your a beginner or an expert!

* Very impressive chess engine which teaches you the names of famous chess openings by showing the name of openings as you play them.

* Play Online against players from all over the world. Get started right away by playing as guest or register for an account at freechess.org (link in the app). - Get your ranking in three different game modes (Lightning, Blitz, Standard). - Improve your game skill by watching other players games live. - Chat with your opponents or other people that are online.

* Send PGN files so you can review your games on your computer or anywhere you like.

The best app for chess lovers: Play against AI or online at FICS or ICC

Play against AI

- Selectable ELO Levels to adjust playing strength, from 500 to 2100, on 50 ELO points steps- Selectable time per move: changing the ELO and the time per move, lots of difficulty levels can be selected- Opening book with more than 30.000 positions: ensures variated funny games- Can undo/redo all moves- Send PGN by email: This way, you can analyze later your games on your PC- Graphical setup board, also can edit position’s FEN notation- On closing, saves the current game and it is loaded when the application is restarted

Play Online

- Play on internet at freechess.org (FICS) or at chessclub.com (ICC)- Play as guest or as a registered user- Seek/offer match rated and unrated- View seeks posted by other users. Can sort seek list by username, rating or game time- Takeback, draw, abort, resign and rematch options while playing- Play, Finger and Observe, can also observe LectureBot on FICS or play ProblemBot/TrainingBot on ICC- Observe current played games in the chess server or follow highest rated games- Messages: read and send messages to other users- Game History: you can examine or send by email all your played games- Console to see server output and to send commands, also for chatting with other users- Timeseal (FICS) and Timestamp (ICC): avoids lag problems- Premove option: You can introduce the next movement in your opponent’s turn- Option to confirm the move before sending it to the server. Forward and Backward buttons are converted on Confirm/Cancel buttons- Supports wild chess variants: Atomic, Losers, Suicide and Chess960

Simple PGN browser, allows you to open PGN files from SD card or from your email

And with the Best Interface

- 2D/3D board- Clean, simple and intuitive interface (options appear after pressing the “MENU” key)- Move by dragging and dropping the piece with useful guide lines- Also move by tapping the origin and the destiny squares or with the trackball- Portrait and Landscape mode- Shows legal moves (as yellow traslucid squares)- Highlights last move (with a yellow arrow or a coloured squarem, can be configured with a settings option), also move hints (as a green arrow) after a request in the menu- Many piece sets and board styles- Shows a dot in the side to move and can show board coordinates- The material gauge indicates the material advantage using this piece values: Pawn=1 Knight=3 Bishop=3 Rook=5 Queen=9. Click on the gauge to show/hide the captured pieces difference- Shows captured pieces advantage for each one of the sides (as an example if black captured 3 pawns and whites 2, it shows an advantage of 1 white pawn for blacks)- Speaks moves, checks and game results- Different sounds for moves, captures and checks, also vibration- Option to keep the screen on while playing

Welcome to the world of Warrior Chess!. Play chess in this glorious high resolution 3D world. Themed in the year 1066 and based on the Battle of Hastings.

Are you a true chess Warrior?

Game Features Include:

► Interactive 3D, zoom and pan around board► 3D Chess set pieces► 2D Chess set pieces► 2 Player board rotation. Place the Android device on the table like a real chess board!► 99 AI difficulty settings, from easy to difficult.► Timed games from 5 minutes to 59 minutes.► 2nd camera mode to focus on the piece you are currently playing.► Stuck?, use the move hint generation feature.► Undo & Redo moves, even after Checkmate.► Show all the moves for the current game► Using Undo/Redo, walk through all the moves.► Restart a completed game from any previous point and play again.► Save & Load games, to be replayed / analysed or finished later► "How to Play" chess tutorial showing all the moves► Support for "Castling", "En Passant" and "Pawn Promotion"► No Ads or In-App purchases

Chess Pro 3D takes a unique twist on a classic game. With varying ease and numerous settings, you're allowed to customize your degree of difficulty to suit you, all while viewing the board in gorgeous 3D!

Become the next Master Chess Gambit! You may compete against your friends by having the quickest time, or earn achievements by beating the hardest levels. See if you can attain checkmate on the hardest level.

Chess Pro 3D uses the latest technology in emulating various skill levels. Also included are the ability to take back moves, change viewing angles and camera perspective, and a simple touch and move interface.

★ Brand new release to Android and the Google Play Store!★ Special introductory price.

Previously nominated for a prestigious BAFTA (Best Interactive Media) - Dinosaur Chess is the best and FUN way to learn and play chess for kids and adults of all ages.

★ Learn how to play chess with 11 bite-sized interactive lessons.★ Over 20 mini games and puzzles.★ Play simplified and full chess against six dinosaurs.★ Play as a boy or girl student.★ Incredible graphics and animation.★ Track progress.★ Entertaining and challenging for kids, children and adults.★ Learning and playing chess is good for the brain.

Sign up to Professor MacDinosaur's chess class. You will grow from a hatchling fresh from the egg to a huge dinosaur ready to take on the TRex.

The action takes you through different parts of the dinosaur's world from jungles to forests. Here you learn the chess skills that will help you grow enough to defeat the other dinosaurs in battle.

Chess and Mate is the chess program for the whole family. You can learn the basics of chess with this app as well as adopt the tricks and intricacies of this popular strategy and board game.

THE CHESS APP FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Prince Kaspar's castle has many rooms in which the individual chess pieces are introduced. Depending on how much prior knowledge you bring into the chess game, you can have every piece introduced to you at your own pace. Lots of exercises are at your fingertips in which you can directly apply what you've learned.

LEARN THE CHESS RULES WITH A DIDACTIC CONCEPT

In addition, you'll find all possible finesses and secrets in the big chess book in Prince Kaspar's library such as the pawn fork, the Italian gambit, or the scholar's mate. Do you know castling or the "en passant" move yet?

Naturally Prince Kaspar is ready to play a round of chess with you at any time. First you have to defeat him, then you're allowed to also play with Capt'n Black.

FEATURES

# Train yourself on chess rules in an unlimited amount of practice games # Perfect for both beginners and pros thanks to many exercises and explanations # Animated with care and fantasy filled game ambience # Learn professional tricks and game tactics # Multiplayer option - Play against other gamers

Play Chess against your phone or against other players all over the world.

Features:* Advanced AI engine with eight levels of difficulty and opening book with more than 60000 positions* FICS client for online gaming with Timeseal* Local 2-player hot-seat mode* Save on exit* Deep Undo and Redo* Sound

*** Note that there is also a free version of Chess By Post that is ad supported. This paid version does not have any in game ads ***

Now available for iPhones too! Tell your friends!

Chess By Post is the only cross platform chess app that keeps track of your skill level and always matches you against players of similar ability to your own. And since it is available for Android, iPhone, and Windows Phones, your can play your friends no matter what type of phone they have!

Play correspondence chess with real people online! Challenge your friends to friendly games or play ranked matches against random opponents of similar skill levels. Play as many simultaneous games as you want!

Use the move planner to freely move pieces and try out different strategies to see how the game might unfold.

Take notes about games to remember your strategies.

Export finished games to PGN format.

Chat with your opponents using the in-game message board.

Improve your ranking by playing ranked games against comparable opponents. Skill ranking updates using the classic Elo rating system to adjust your rank when you win or lose. A leaderboard view shows you how you compare to the top players.

Tap on your opponent's name to see your all-time head-to-head record against them.

Facebook integration - use Facebook to challenge your friends to a game

Chess By Post is perfect for players of all skill levels because your opponent's skill level will be adapted based on your own skill level over time.

Chess for Android consists of a chess engine and a GUI. The application accepts moves through the touch screen, trackball, or keyboard (e2e4 pushes the king pawn, e1g1 castles king side, etc.). An optional "move coach" highlights valid user moves during input and last played engine move. Full game navigation buttons enable users to correct mistakes or analyze games. Games import and export as FEN/PGN to and from the clipboard or via sharing, load and save as file, or are set up through a position editor. A draw by stalemate, insufficient material, the fifty move rule, or threefold repetition is recognized. The engine plays at various levels (including random, against itself in auto-play, or free-play, where the game can be used as a "magnetic chessboard"). The user can play either side and, independently, view the board from the perspective of white or black.

The application supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) and Chess Engine Communication Protocol (WinBoard and XBoard), which allows users to play against more powerful third party engines or even play tournaments between engines. Engine setup features time control, pondering, infinite analysis, hash tables, multiple threads, endgame tablebases, and opening test suites. Recognizes Chessbase compatible engines.

With Chess, you will be given the opportunity to play an unlimited number of chess games. We designed a user-friendly interface to allow any players to enjoy the game.

You can either play with your friends or against your phone. When playing against your phone, you will be able to easily adjust the difficulty to match your current level. Will you be able to beat the most difficult level we included ?Unlimited free chess games ahead of you. No better way to play, learn and improve your Chess skills.As you practice and get better every day, we are sure you will see your ELO score go up!

Come and Join thousands of people playing this fabulous game of Chess everyday on their phone !

Chesslike takes the familiarity of chess and puts it into a fantastic new world of possibilities. This game is NOT chess. The rules have changed, and even a pawn can take up arms to become the new king. Dive into fun puzzle levels, or take some time and conquer an entire castle by assassinating the king. When you've had your fill, create your own levels to challenge your friends with the Level Editor.

NO ADS - NO IAP

Expansions will always be free updates.

This is an evolving game. Community input holds heavy influence on future features.

--Features--

-Chess-based dungeon crawler/puzzles-Pick up swords and shields to upgrade your piece.-Keys, Locked Doors, Warp tiles, Maps.-Pawns move and kill in four directions, but will only kill diagonally.-Level Editor - play everyone's custom levels!-Registering will allow use of the Level Editor to create new puzzle levels on chesslike.net

--Expansions--The more downloads we get, the more content we will create for the game. If you love playing and want more levels, get your friends to download the game, and help us reach our goals!

This is the Free version of Mobialia Chess, the most complete chess app for Android

Play against AI

- Selectable ELO Levels to adjust playing strength, from 500 to 2100, on 50 ELO points steps- Selectable time per move: changing the ELO and the time per move, lots of difficulty levels can be selected- Opening book with more than 30.000 positions: ensures variated funny games- Can undo/redo all moves- Send PGN by email: This way, you can analyze later your games on your PC- Graphical setup board, also can edit position’s FEN notation- On closing, saves the current game and it is loaded when the application is restarted

Play Online

- Play on internet at freechess.org (FICS) or at chessclub.com (ICC)- Play as guest or as a registered user- Seek/offer match rated and unrated- View seeks posted by other users. Can sort seek list by username, rating or game time- Takeback, draw, abort, resign and rematch options while playing- Play, Finger and Observe, can also observe LectureBot on FICS or play ProblemBot/TrainingBot on ICC- Observe current played games in the chess server or follow highest rated games- Messages: read and send messages to other users- Game History: you can examine or send by email all your played games- Console to see server output and to send commands, also for chatting with other users- Timeseal (FICS) and Timestamp (ICC): avoids lag problems- Premove option: You can introduce the next movement in your opponent’s turn- Option to confirm the move before sending it to the server. Forward and Backward buttons are converted on Confirm/Cancel buttons- Supports wild chess variants: Atomic, Losers, Suicide and Chess960

Simple PGN browser, allows you to open PGN files from SD card or from your email

And with the Best Interface

- 2D/3D board- Clean, simple and intuitive interface (options appear after pressing the “MENU” key)- Move by dragging and dropping the piece with useful guide lines- Also move by tapping the origin and the destiny squares or with the trackball- Portrait and Landscape mode- Shows legal moves (as yellow traslucid squares)- Highlights last move (with a yellow arrow or a coloured squarem, can be configured with a settings option), also move hints (as a green arrow) after a request in the menu- Many piece sets and board styles- Shows a dot in the side to move and can show board coordinates- The material gauge indicates the material advantage using this piece values: Pawn=1 Knight=3 Bishop=3 Rook=5 Queen=9. Click on the gauge to show/hide the captured pieces difference- Shows captured pieces advantage for each one of the sides (as an example if black captured 3 pawns and whites 2, it shows an advantage of 1 white pawn for blacks)- Speaks moves, checks and game results- Different sounds for moves, captures and checks, also vibration- Option to keep the screen on while playing